In February 1971, President Nixon began secretly taping conversations and telephone calls in several locations, including the Oval Office, his office in the Old Executive Office Building, the Cabinet Room, and Camp David.

There are 2,636 hours of tapes containing conversations from February 1971 through July 1973 open to the public.

The Library is working toward making more of the tapes available directly online.

The following audio files are available online:

• All conversations (except Cabinet Room) from tapes from the following months:
  • July 1972
  • August 1972
  • September 1972
  • October 1972
  • November 1972
  • December 1972
  • January 1973
  • February 1973
  • March 1973
    
    
• Watergate Trial Tapes
  Listen to the audio and access the transcripts to the excerpted Nixon White House taped conversations that were introduced as evidence in the Watergate Trials.
  
  
• Sample Conversations: April 1971-May 1972
  A selection of conversations on a variety of topics, such as foreign policy, Agnew, Rehnquist, and press relations.
  
  
• Sample Conversations: Fifth Chronological Release, Part II (November 1972-December 1972)
  Five conversations involving the December bombing, the 1972 Presidential election, the "New Majority," Watergate, and the Supreme Court.
  
  
• Memoirs v. Tapes: President Nixon & The December Bombings
  "Memoirs v Tapes: President Nixon and the December Bombing" is a multimedia presentation of previously-released tapes, documents, photos, and videos relevant to understanding the decision-making surrounding the December 1972 bombing of North Vietnam and the successful conclusion of the Paris Peace negotiations.
  
  
• Nixon's Trip to China
  Listen to Nixon discuss his rationale for the trip, the arrival of the pandas at the National Zoo, and his reasoning for the importance of restoring communications with the People's Republic of China.